ACM Ubiquity – In Defense of Cheating I was disturbed by Golub’s article because the emphasis was on cheating by students and possible counteractive measures. Never did he ask the more fundamental questions: What is the purpose of an examination; Why do students cheat? Instead, he proposed that faculty become police enforcers, trying to weed […]
Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, acm, aptbs, cheatingData Types in Python In this second of nine parts focusing on a quick overview of the Python language for experienced programmers, you’ll learn how Python handles data types such as strings, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter four of Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition, written by Alex Martelli (O’Reilly; ISBN: 0596100469). […]
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Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, aptbs, testing, typingA Place to Bury Stangers     I Know I’ll See You, by A Place To Bury Strangers (7″, £3.29, Important) This is a taster of November’s release of the band’s self-titled debut album featuring five bonus tracks. The band will return to Europe in November to support fellow Brooklynites MGMT.After wowing at the South by Southwest […]
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Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, apple, aptbs, computer power consumption, dellI’m teaching two sections of Introduction to Computer Science, CPSC 110, this semester. It is always interesting to see why students sign up for a course. Today I asked students to anonymously complete the following: Why are you taking this course? Results from the first class were: To satisfy a requirement     […]
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Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, aptbs, computer power consumption, pythonPEP 20 — The Zen of Python Long time Pythoneer Tim Peters succinctly channels the BDFL’s guiding principles for Python’s design into 20 aphorisms, only 19 of which have been written down. (tags: usability zen style python philosophy programming principles simplicity) hunting for pork chops: a little slow on the up take Pretty much everyone […]
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